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[quote=Anonymous]11:03  I totally agree with your comment.  I actually spoke to my DC's K and 1st grade teachers prior to appealing and they told me that they were not involved in the process at all.  BTW, they were both surprised that my DC did not get in first round which tells me that GBRS is a very subjective scoring system since it is done by 2nd grade teacher’s comment and other local committee members that hardly knows the child.  Think about it, 2nd grade teacher only has about 4 months get to know the kids and with about 25 kids in the classroom, I doubt that teacher can assess GBRS correctly.  Like one previous poster said, some will be generous with the score and some will not be.  In my situation, I e-mailed the teacher that my DC was in the pool and asked if there is anything I should do.  Her reply was very “negative” saying that my DC does great in GE and did not think that AAP program was good for her.  (DC’s scores were 99% with some of the subtest scores 99.99% and these scores are good enough for Davison’s)  Also, this teacher does not believe in “GT” education.  This is a teacher that did not even bother to take time to talk to my DC to get to know her.  Also, she told me that my DC was the best reader in the classroom however, did not place her in the enrichment program for advanced readers.  Those comments contradicted what K and 1st grade teachers told me last couple of years.   
BTW, this came from very reliable source, the selection process is all about numbers game and you could have the best work samples/recommendation letters, etc…but the central committee does not have time to look through and they look at number- test scores and GBRS.  Not sure what the magic numbers are but there must be a secret sauce that they are going by.

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